Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador
El Salvador: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0064 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador is 0.0064 ha per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador peaked at 0.0065 ha per square kilometre in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0022 ha per square kilometre, in 1961.
El Salvador ranks 73rd of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0026 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.003 ha per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0034 ha per square kilometre | +18.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0034 ha per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0034 ha per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | -26.3% |
| 1998 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | +51.8% |
| 1999 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0044 ha per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0044 ha per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0049 ha per square kilometre | +12.2% |
| 2009 | 0.005 ha per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0052 ha per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0053 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.006 ha per square kilometre | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0059 ha per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 0.006 ha per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0065 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | -0.8% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.0064 ha per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0267 ha per square kilometre, 24% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.0064 ha per square kilometre is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0216 ha per square kilometre, 29% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +51.8% | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre |
| 1997 | -26.3% | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0023 ha per square kilometre | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0028 ha per square kilometre | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 0.003 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | 0.0029 ha per square kilometre | 0.0034 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 0.0027 ha per square kilometre | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | 0.0042 ha per square kilometre | 0.005 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0059 ha per square kilometre | 0.0052 ha per square kilometre | 0.0065 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | 0.0064 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 70 Brazil 0.0073 ha per square kilometre compare
- 71 French Polynesia 0.0069 ha per square kilometre compare
- 72 Maldives 0.0067 ha per square kilometre compare
- 74 Guatemala 0.006 ha per square kilometre compare
- 75 Malaysia 0.0051 ha per square kilometre compare
- 76 New Zealand 0.0046 ha per square kilometre compare
More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre in El Salvador was 0.0064 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0065 ha per square kilometre in 2019.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0022 ha per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does El Salvador rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- El Salvador ranks 73rd out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.